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Developing dominating offensive linemen is Rick Trickett’s specialty. His accomplishments speak for themselves: 4 first-round draft selections, 20 NFL players, 13 All-Americans, and more than 30 all-conference selections. Now with Complete Offensive Line, he’s created the most in-depth guide ever on offensive line play.
Today’s linemen must have skill, strength, power, quickness, agility, and intelligence to excel at the position. That is why Complete Offensive Line presents it all—from footwork and hand positioning to pulling and cutbacks.

In this one-of-a-kind guide, Trickett takes you onto the practice field and into the trenches to learn these skills, among others:

Pass protection

Run blocking

Man and zone blocking

Combination blocks

Blitz pickup

Recognition of defensive sets such as 4-3, 3-4, and stack

Strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities against any defensive set

Techniques and schemes for formations such as spread, option, and the run and shoot

With 61 of the most effective drills, skill evaluation, line play assessments, scheme suggestions, and unparalleled coaching advice from one of the best in the game, Complete Offensive Line is simply the definitive book on football’s most demanding position.

Rick Trickett was hired as the offensive line and assistant head
coach at Florida State University in 2008. He is regarded by most as the
guru of developing offensive linemen. No other current or past offensive
line coach has trained more players who have gone on to win
all-conference and All-American honors.

Coaching Stops:

1973 Glenville (linebackers coach)

1974-75 Indiana, PA (linebackers coach)

1976-77 West Virginia (defensive line coach)

1978-79 West Virginia (offensive line coach)

1980-81 Southern Illinois (offensive line coach)

1982-85 Southern Mississippi (offensive line coach)

1985 New Mexico (offensive line coach)

1986-88 Memphis (offensive line coach)

1989-92 Mississippi State (offensive line coach)

1993-98 Auburn (offensive line coach)

1999 Glenville State (head coach)

2000 LSU (assistant head coach and offensive line coach)

2001-06 West Virginia (assistant head coach and offensive line coach)

Accomplishments:

• Four players drafted in the first round in a six-year span at Auburn

Victor Riley (Chiefs No. 1 Draft Choice in 1998)

Willie Anderson (Bengals No. 1 Draft Choice in 1996)

Wayne Gandy (Rams No. 1 Draft Choice in 1994)

Kendall Simmons (Steelers No. 1 Draft Choice in 2001)

• More than 20 former players in the NFL

• Six All-American offensive linemen in his career

• 30 players with all-conference honors

• 13 players named either first or second team freshmen All-Americans

“Coach Trickett helped me hone my skills as a player and is one of
the greatest collegiate offensive line coaches in the history of the
game. The skills and techniques he taught me in my collegiate career I
carried through to my NFL career to become an all-pro offensive
lineman.”

"Complete Offensive Line is proof that Coach Trickett is one of
football's best offensive line coaches. After playing eight years in the
NFL—and winning two Super Bowl rings—I can honestly say that Rick
Trickett made me a stronger player."Kendall Simmons-- Super
Bowl Champion (XL, XLIII), Two-Time First-Team All-SEC (2000-2001),
Third-Team AP All-American (2000)